Public Artwork
Silence-sieste-sommeil-songe-renaissance
Location:
Centre hospitalier régional de la Mauricie, 50 119e rue, Shawinigan, QC, Canada
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Artwork creator(s):
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Text author(s):
Gaudreau, Jean-Pierre
Installation year:
1994 Description:
The work consists of a modular painting on glass. The central element of the composition is the bed. Three orange beds are shown against a blue sky: the first is near a crescent moon, while the other two are less sharp and separated by a sun. In the top part of the composition, a series of bed fragments are painted in white on a black background. The set is divided by a wooden construction.
Text of the artwork:
Silence Sieste Sommeil Songe Renaissance
Text theme:
Passing time
Artwork theme:
Birth and death
Dimensions:
Height:
2.4m
Width:
3.4m Note(s):
On the plate:
Le lit fait partie du mobilier de base d'un hôpital.
Mais aussi et surtout il est intimement lié
à notre existance toute entière.
Il est témoin de notre naissance et de notre mort :
il communique et absorbe la vie. Il est symbole
de "regénérescence" dans le sommeil et dans l'amour.
Au rythme des jours et nuits il nous accompagne
dans nos rêves.
Owner(s):
Centre hospitalier régional de la Mauricie 
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